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I keep doing my best to convince my US clients of making a bank transfer but they prefer checks, and snail mail... and I keep crossing my fingers

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Claudia

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Marisa Schiavi (X)Local time: 06:25 Spanish to English + ...

Safe but slow...

Oct 20, 2005

Hi Sawai,

I do a lot of work for agencies in the US and they always send me cheques (I live in Australia). They are safe, only once a cheque got lost, they cancelled it and issued me with a new one. The only problem is that my bank here charges me a small fee each time I deposit a cheque, so if I put a few together, I only pay that fee once, it's still cheaper than international bank transfers though.

Hope this helps!

Marisa

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HeyIt takes about 8 days for a cheque to get to Israel from the USA. During our holidays it took about 20 days becaus of our post office, not theirs.I have Paypal but I have never used it, I guess something about virtual money confuses me. I guess if I took one of those ten dollar jobs I would tell them to put it in the paypal.Shana Tova

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I was surprised to see that a check will get to Israel in 8 days. I live in Northern Mexico, and you would think because of the proximity with the US, checks wouldn't take so long to get here. Not so: a check mailed via regular U.S. mail can take up to 4 weeks to get here, and then it can take up to 21 days for my bank to clear it and for me to finally be able to access the funds.

I know for a fact, though, that the Mexican mail system is to blame in this case. When I look at the date stamps on the envelopes, I realize that the check leaves the U.S. within 3-4 days, only to get lost in Mexican red tape for the remaining 20+ days.

In any case, I prefer Paypal, as I can transfer the funds to my checking account within 5 days, definitely much faster, and my bank only charges a USD$2 fee.

Best,

Nora

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